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Offer caged birds a fun way to increase mental and physical exercise with fun foot toys that require a bit of "foot-eye" coordination. Birds use their feet like we use our hands: to grasp and manipulate objects, as well as gather important sensory information. Fun bird toys made from various textures and shapes help strengthen feet, develop motor skills and challenge the mind of your bird as it manipulates the varied shapes and textures. String Ball's tightly woven palm leaf sphere is a delight to try and untie. String Ball may come colored as shown or in natural. Dumbbell exercises active feet and beaks with hook-able nubs and nooks woven from palm leaf too. Crazy Caterpillar's wood, coconut and sisal knot segments are fun to grasp. Bamboo foot toy made of coconut, palm leaf and sisal exercises like a dumbbell with an inner foraging cage for tucking treats. Double Flower is perfect to hold with one foot and preen with her beak! Made of bamboo, coconut, oyster shell and corncob. Triangle foot toy is an intricate puzzle holding a sisal, oyster shell and coconut kabob inside a colorful wood and cornhusk A-frame.
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Innerbelt Bridge Safety Plan Rolls OnInterstate 90 to close overnight tomorrow night
Cleveland (Wednesday, June 17, 2009) - In the latest phase of the Ohio Department of Transportation's Innerbelt Bridge Safety Plan, crews will perform steel repairs to the Interstate 90 Innerbelt Bridge into downtown Cleveland, closing the bridge overnight tomorrow night Thursday, June 18 from approximately 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
This phase of the plan is part of ODOT's $10 million investment in the Innerbelt Bridge to restore full use of the structure, including heavy truck traffic by late 2009/early 2010.
The majority of work as part of this phase of the Safety Plan will be performed during daytime hours while the bridge remains open for service. Limited, overnight closures will however be necessary as crews work to complete steel reinforcements at locations throughout the structure.
Additional closures are expected in future phases of repair, however closures are not expected to impact peak travel times including rush hours. Details on future phases and additional closures will be forthcoming.
The Innerbelt Bridge is a vital link into downtown Cleveland. In October 2008, ODOT engineers restricted traffic on the 50-year-old bridge after inspections revealed that a number of steel members were aging faster than expected. In March, 2009 ODOT announced plans to construct a new $400 million westbound Innerbelt Bridge, utilizing federal transportation stimulus funds made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE ODOT DISTRICT 12 PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE:Jocelynn Clemings 216.584.2006 or Faye Callahan 216.584.2005


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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus recently announced that the theme of the G.O.P.'s convention in Tampa Bay that begins on August 27th, will be "A Better Future".
According to Priebus;
"Americans are ready for a new direction, and that's why our convention will focus on the Romney-Ryan vision for a better future."
"After four years of high unemployment and skyrocketing debt, we need America's 'Comeback Team' to get the country working again and protect the American Dream for our children and grandchildren," said Priebus. "During our convention, the American people will hear about the priorities, experience and knowhow of our nominees and their plans to secure a better future for our country."
"This convention will bring together Americans from every corner of the country and every walk of life," said convention Chief Executive Officer William Harris. "Whatever their background, wherever they're from, they know too well that our country faces serious problems. But they also know that the American people have confronted difficult challenges before, and that together, with strong leadership, we can overcome those challenges and secure a better future for generations to come."
While the G.O.P. finds it's base energized and increasingly enthusiastic with the prospects for our nation's future that a Romney-Ryan ticket brings to it, Democrats find themselves weighed down by their ticket. These days, between the Obama Administration's dismal record, a host of scandals, and a string of verbal gaffe's from both the President and the Vice President, Democrats are finding it hard to get excited over the prospects that renominating Obama and Biden will bring. That lack of enthusiasm has created a minor glitch in the Party's attempts to gear up for their national event.
Democrats who will be holding their convention 4 days after the gavel comes down on the G.O.P.'s shindig, but they have not yet made any official announcements on what specifically their theme will exactly be. Phyllis Stine, a spokeswoman for DNC Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, told White House 2012 that Democrat leaders have "narrowed their choices down to several promising themes that offer powerful messages. One of the most popular at the moment is "It's Not That Bad". However many convention planners are currently pushing for us to make, "It's their Fault" the overriding theme of the convention."
But Reed Dicuolous, a spokeswoman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told White House 2012 that the Minority Leader is of the opinion that creating one specific theme for the convention would be a mistake. According to Diculous, "Leader Pelosi has repeatedly stated that organizers of the convention will have to watch the convention before they could possibly know what will be in it".
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's spokeswoman Devoida Lahjick, revealed that Senator Reid is trying to insure that the convention focusses on nothing other than Mitt Romney and he urges to Democrats scrap any attempts to establish a single theme. "Planning ahead is dangerous and it would risk committing ourselves to a message that we may need to change as the elections plays itself out. Besides, we haven't made plans for a federal budget in four years and look at how well that's worked at turning our economy around," said Lahjick.
Devoida Lahjick explains that Senator Reid believes that regardless of any theme convention organizers settle on, the 4 day convention should concentrate on nothing other than attacking Mitt Romney and defining him as an evil business baron. "By the time we are done with him, Americans should view Mitt Romney as a contemporary cross between Ebenezer Scrooge and Mr. Bumble", said Lahjick.
Meanwhile Daniel Kurtzman an intrepid online political columnist at about.com, has come across the Democrat's preliminary schedule for their convention:
- 4:00 PM – Opening Flag Burning Ceremony – sponsored by CNN
- 4:05 PM – Singing of "God Damn America " led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright
- 4:10 PM – Pledge of Allegiance to Obama
- 4:15 PM – Ceremonial 'I hate America' led by Michelle Obama
- 4:30 PM – Tips on "How to keep your man trustworthy & true to you while you travel the world" – Hillary Clinton
- 4:45 PM –Al Sharpton / Jesse Jackson seminar "How to have a successful career without having a job."
- 5:00 PM – "Great Vacations I've Taken on the Taxpayer's Dime Travel Log" – Michelle Obama
- 5:30 PM – Eliot Spitzer Speaks on "Family Values" via Satellite
- 5:45 PM – Tribute to All 57 States – Nancy Pelosi
- 6:00 PM – Sen. Harry Reid – 90-minute speech expressing the Democrat's appreciation of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and George Soros for sparing no expense, for all that they have accomplished to unify the country, improve employment and to boost the economy.
- 8:30 PM – Airing of Grievances by the Clintons
- 9:00 PM – "Bias in Media – How we can make it work for you" Tutorial – sponsored by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times
- 9:15 PM – Tribute Film to Brave Freedom Fighters incarcerated at GITMO – Michael Moore
- 9:45 PM – Personal Finance Seminar – Charlie Rangle
- 10:00 PM – Denunciation of Bitter Gun Owners and Bible readers
- 10:30 PM – Ceremonial Waving of White Flag for IRAQ , & Afghanistan
- 11:00 PM – Obama Energy Plan Symposium / Tire Gauge Demonstration / You too can get rich with Green Investment bankruptcies
- 11:15 PM – Free Gov. Blagovich rally
- 11:30 PM – Obama Accepts Oscar, Tony and Latin Grammy Awards
- 11:45 PM – Feeding of the Delegates with 5 Loaves and 2 Fish – Obama Presiding
- 12:00 AM – Official Nomination of Obama by Bill Maher and Chris"He sends a thrill up my leg" Matthews
- 12:01 AM – Obama Accepts Nomination as Lord and Savior
- 12:05 AM – Celestial Choirs Sing
- 3:00 AM – Biden Delivers Acceptance Speech
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Zoya: You were gonna tell me something LATER, tell me!
Div: Haan, LATER hasn't come yet! There's a time and place for everything. Always.
Zoya: Not fair! Tomorrow may never come, remember that.
Div: If that happens, then you should know that I love you. Now don't say anything
There are so many things we keep pushing until tomorrow – waking up early, eating right, working out, saying words of love to the people who matter, trying to skate, making the first painting on canvas, writing the letter which you've kept forever in your heart…
A lot of times, that tomorrow – NEVER COMES. I know it's such a rude thing to say! Today, while cleaning up my room, amidst tons of books, I found a paper on which I wrote down in 2015, the list of things I wanted to learn/ do. I mapped my actual progress today, against that list and the progress % is SO LOW! I used to have intense discussions on how each of these could be ticked off and had a game plan against most of them – somehow, I lost the momentum in the busyness of life.
This list, gave me a sense of purpose and direction, again. I need to update this list and get started to tick off these things 🙂
Most importantly, I never want to stop conveying to the people who matter that they do… and never want to stop writing here 🙂
Much love ❤


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So the Labor Department has announced unemployment went down from 8.1% to 7.8% in its latest jobs report. But the Obama administration did much more than that. They also decided to revise job numbers back through July. Now that's initiative. Finally, this administration has shown the kind of motivation we expect from government — especially one that may soon find itself unemployed.
The question is, are the new numbers fact or fiction? Many folks aren't buying what the administration is selling.
Florida Republican Rep. Allen West stood tall and stated his beef in an interview with CNBC. "Did the workforce participation rate change? No. It's still a 30-year low. Did the U6 computation 14.7 percent change? No. So how is it that we had a drop of three-tenths of a percentage point on the unemployment rate if these other statistics which related to that do not change?"
He also noted that GDP numbers have dropped from 4.1% to 1.9% to 1.7% and "got revised down just about a month ago to 1.3 percent."
But scrutiny didn't come from just Republicans.
FOX reported economist Dean Baker, with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said the rate drop was "almost certainly a statistical fluke." He's a liberal.
And after scratching his head, former Congressional Budget Office director Doug Holtz-Eakin said, "It is out of line with any of the other data."
Unemployment is based upon household surveys — you know, like the incredibly accurate voter polls. The ex-director went on to say that an estimate of 873,000 new jobs seems "implausible."
Even using the Labor Department's recently "revised" numbers, the monthly average for jobs added in 2012 is 146,000. The ex-director thinks the new numbers are implausible. How about you?
Bloomberg.com reported a tweet from former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. He took this issue into the back rooms where the game of government is really played. "Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers."
Can you blame him? This is the same administration that brought you Fast and Furious and the recent WARN Act controversy. These folks even tried to blame dissatisfied viewers of a bad movie for the Libya consulate attack. They've earned any skepticism they get, don't you think?
Look, government is about power and we all know power corrupts. All administrations, Republican and Democrat, fiddle and diddle behind the curtain. Some administrations are polished, sly and successful and the peasants never discover any shenanigans. Other administrations, far more sloppy and unpolished, end up mired in scandal. But they all play games.
Just ask yourself what is more likely, that virtually all other economic data has remained the same, yet there was a drop in unemployment, or, coming out of an empty suit debate debacle, Obama and his administration decided they needed to fudge a few numbers?
We all hope the drop in unemployment is true because too many American families have been in pain far too long. But for election purposes, does it really matter? It is not even a half-percent improvement. Any person that would justify a vote for Obama because unemployment improved three-tenths of a percent a month prior to voting is clearly a bigger nincompoop than Larry, Curly or Moe.
After getting embarrassed badly in the first debate, Obama and his Liberal-lunatics think improved job numbers will help his re-election chances. That's their bet. What you can bet on is that, like Fast and Furious, the Libya attack and the recent WARN Act flare-up, there is almost certainly more going on here than meets the eye.
And you can take that to the voting booth.
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Multiple Hope students earned honors during the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Great Lakes Regional Competition, held at YoungstownStateUniversity in Ohio on Saturday, March 7.
Jared Graybiel, a junior from Lebanon, Ind., took first place in the College Musical Theatre Division. Ross Green, a junior from Plainwell, took first place in the Third-Year College Men Division. Sarah Ashcroft, a sophomore from Holland, took third place in the Second-Year College Women Division. Briana Sosenheimer, a junior from Fort Wayne, Ind., received honorable mention in the Third-Year College Women Division.
Graybiel also received the "Most Promising Musical Theater Performer" award through a vote of the teachers who were present. The special awards were presented in conjunction with a concert in which all the first-place winners performed at the conclusion of the competition.
In addition, Sosenheimer has recently been named a finalist in the Opera Grand Rapids Collegiate Competition, the finals for which will be held on Sunday, March 29, at Aquinas College.
The regional NATS competition included singers from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario, Canada. Hope had students entered in five of the event's 16 categories, having qualified because of their performance in the NATS Michigan State Chapter Auditions in November.
Ashcroft, Graybiel and Green study with Linda LeFever Dykstra, associate professor of music. Sosenheimer studies with Peg Kennedy-Dygas, professor of music.


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Hi, I'm Andrew 'Tev' Teverson and I have taken over as Modcon Registrar. My dealings with 2cvs started a number of years ago when my neighbour said he was going to scrap the 2cv he had had sat on his drive for years if no one bought it in the next month - to which I flippantly said "well, if you do, let me know and ill give you the £100 for it" - having got that back on the road (nominally for my other half) I was hooked. I next managed to acquire 2 1/2 2cvs from a guy I met at a festival, with the plan of building a twin engine sahara copy (though that is still sat part built in my yard I'm sad to say). Not long after I bought a very tired Falcon with a rotten chassis (among other things). This one did make it on to the road and, whilst still being very tatty is basically my daily driver in the summer. I have just acquired an ami super Falcon, so that is the next project.
When the club set up the various registers, a Lomax register was formed, but this soon changed to encompass all kit, self-built or radically altered vehicles. I see my role primarily to ensure that there is a point of contact for owners of all the unusual cars, and to make everyone aware that modified vehicles are just as much a part of the club as any standard 2CV or Dyanes.


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The St. Lawrence Seaway, shippers and Canadian ports are investing heavily to upgrade their operations on the anticipation that an improving North American economy will continue to propel demand, despite the the vagaries of Mother Nature that delayed this year's start to the shipping season.
The seaway plans to spend $500 million through 2018 in Canada and the United States, including about $100 million this year. Domestic and ocean carriers are investing $1 billion on modern, fuel-efficient vessels.
Money will be spent on lock gates, rebuilding seaway walls and automated gate and bridge operations. It is also extending a "hands-free" mooring system in place in Beauharnois, Que., to three more locks — St. Lambert, Welland and another unit in Beauharnois.
Seven additional locks in Canada and two in the U.S. will eventually get the system that replaces wires and ropes with suction cups to hold the vessels in locks.
The goal is to eventually operate the seaway from control centres and automatically put ships through the locks, said Terence Bowles, CEO of St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp.
"We at the seaway are much more efficient, so we think that's really a major step forward for the marine industry in terms of providing very, very competitive service to Canadian shippers," he said in an interview ahead of the seaway's official opening Friday.
The seaway's 56th shipping season got off to its latest start in five years as harsh winter weather created some of the worst ice conditions in decades.
Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers have been working feverishly to clear a path from the Upper Great Lakes through the end of the key shipping route.
The seaway officially opened Friday at the Welland Canal in St. Catharines, Ont., with the Montreal end of the system launching its season on Monday.
That's six and nine days later than last year, and the latest opening since 2009.
Bowles said the late start to the season puts stress on shippers and customers who count on it for transporting goods.
Among those most anxious are grain farmers who are eager to begin shipping last year's bumper crop from a terminal in Thunder Bay, Ont., to markets in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
The head of Canada's largest Great Lakes shipping line said he's optimistic about the season despite early delays and financial stress caused by heavy ice cover.
"The early part of the season will be difficult but we think, looking at the big picture, there's a lot of good things happening that should allow us to be fully employed," said Greg Wight, CEO of Algoma Central Corp.
In addition to getting a lift from an improving economy, he expects Algoma will benefit from other factors, such as the record grain output and the need to replenish salt supplies used during the winter.
The company's new Equinox vessel is the first ship to pass through the Welland Canal. The 222-metre-long, Chinese-built vessel is the first of eight cargo carriers the company will be adding to its fleet, or managing, during the next two years as part of a $400-million investment. They are faster, consume 45 per cent less fuel, and remove most sulphur emissions.
Stephen Brooks, president of the Chamber of Marine Commerce, which represents ship owners, ports and customers, said Canadian companies including Algoma Central, Canada Steamship Lines, Groupe Desgagnes and ocean carriers like Fednav began to invest in new state-of-the-art ships after Ottawa eliminated a 25 per cent tax on foreign-built vessels.
"It's an exciting time for the industry because of all of these new investments and the new confidence in the system," he said.
The late start to the shipping season shouldn't prevent the seaway from having a stronger year in 2014, officials said.
Bowles said he expects at least 38 million tonnes of goods will move along the seaway this year, up from the 37 million tonnes transported in 2013.
"If I look at the economies of the U.S. and Europe, they're certainly improving, the U.S. particularly, so we're quite optimistic that business is going to be better than it was last year."
A bumper grain crop of 76 million tonnes — 50 per cent more than average — should allow seaway shipments to increase this year after slipping 3.2 per cent in 2013 because the crop, although a record, was quite late.
"Obviously, rail has got to get that wheat to Thunder Bay and then we'll haul it," said Bowles, who is sympathetic to the winter challenges endured by railways Canadian National (TSX:CNR) and Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP).
"This recent week they've hauled a lot more grain so I'm encouraged by all that."
The federal government tabled legislation this week aimed at increasing the movement of grain that has been left sitting in bins across the Prairies because of a railway transportation bottleneck. Earlier this month, it ordered rail companies to double the amount of grain they move each week, up to a minimum of one million tonnes in 11,000 cars each week.
The seaway had expected demand would recover more quickly after the economic crisis of 2008, but is forecasting higher shipments this year of iron ore, steel, automotive products and construction materials such as cement and aggregates.
"The economies have not gone the way a lot of us forecast. I think we were expecting a better year last year than what happened, so we're being careful but I think I'm optimistic for next year," said Bowles.
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Capital News Service
People who live in areas with higher rates of gun ownership are more likely to commit suicide, whether by gun or by some other means, say researchers who study the effects of firearms on society.
The correlation between gun ownership and suicide rates takes on added significance given the increase in firearms sales in the wake of tragedies like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. This week, a University of Maryland graduate student who suffered from mental illness, shot two of his roommates with a legally purchased 9 mm handgun, killing one before turning the gun on himself.
"Firearms suicides tend to be very compulsive acts," said Professor Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. The compulsive nature of the act could be one of the factors in explaining why areas with more firearms have higher suicide rates.
Webster recently testified in support of one of Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gun control bills.
There appears to be consensus amongst most researchers that there is a direct correlation between gun ownership and suicide rates.
But, "correlations do not necessarily indicate causality," said Matthew Daley, vice president of Government Affairs for the Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association.
Guns are the No. 1 way people kill themselves in the U.S. The lethality of firearms, which are far more effective than alternative suicide methods like hanging or overdose, combined with the sudden, overwhelming impulse to do self-harm creates a deadly mix, experts say.
"(A gun) is immediate. It's easy, it's right there," said Linda Hofmann, director of Behavioral Health Services at Frederick Memorial Healthcare System. "It doesn't require planning if they have a firearm in the house."
Hofmann said that when someone is suicidal and has a known history of gun ownership, the behavioral health service works with the family to keep them far away from guns.
President Barack Obama and O'Malley are among a number of politicians around the country who have proposed new gun control legislation to reduce access to firearms.
"Certain individuals may find suicide with a gun more appealing than alternative methods—perhaps because of speed, the high probability of success, or because it is a culturally accepted method—and thus only attempt suicide when a gun is available," said a 2002 study conducted by Mark Duggan, a professor of health care management and public policy at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
And it isn't just households with guns that are more at risk for suicide, all of their neighbors have a higher likelihood of taking their own lives as well, studies say.
Duggan's study suggests that people without easy access to guns don't simply find another method to commit suicide, or may not be as successful. Without guns around, suicide rates go down.
Restricting access to firearms, especially by the mentally ill, can "significantly reduce suicides," said Webster, of Johns Hopkins.
In 2006, the Israeli Defense Forces, in response to an increase in suicides, restricted troops from bringing home service weapons on the weekends. By 2010, suicides by Israeli soldiers had decreased by 40 percent, according to a study by IDF psychiatrists.
"Everybody should agree that if somebody makes a serious threat about committing harm to themselves or other people, that should be immediately reportable to law enforcement," said Sen. Jamie B. Raskin, D-Montgomery, a co-sponsor of Maryland's proposed gun control measures. "And at that point, law enforcement should be able to check out whether someone who is making these threats has access to firearms."
When Washington passed a law banning the possession of handguns in the city, Duggan's study concluded "that gun suicides occurring in the D.C. metro area declined by 23 percent."
A 2001 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in the 15 states with the highest levels of gun ownership there were nearly 15,000 total suicides, compared with more than 8,000 total suicides in the 15 states with the lowest gun ownership, despite the latter having a larger population.
Wyoming and Alaska ranked highest in gun ownership, according to a survey conducted by the CDC, with more than half of households owning a firearm. Hawaii and New Jersey reported the lowest rate of gun ownership, with fewer than 13 percent of respondents claiming to own a gun.
In Maryland, 21.3 percent of people surveyed said they owned a firearm.
A 2004 report by the National Academy of Sciences identifies "at least two mechanisms by which guns might directly cause an increase in the risk of completed suicide."
Because firearms "provide a uniquely efficient method of self-destruction," access to guns results in a higher suicide success rate and a higher success rate means more suicides.
"The lethality of a gun might itself increase the likelihood of a suicide attempt among gun owners: persons who would prefer the efficiency of a gun would be less likely to make an attempt if a gun were not available," the National Academy of Sciences report says.
A state National Rifle Association official forwarded Capital News Service to the national office for comment on this story. Capital News Service had not received a comment at the time of publication.


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Well, the new web site is up and it's live.
Well, live, is that the right word for this? I feel like I've been killing myself working on this for the past week.
Not bad for a week's worth of work though.
I think the main parts of it are there, and it works okay, so far. There will be some glitches of course, but I have a lot better handle on this system then I did the other one. Now, back to building models!


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I am not a natural storyteller. It took me my whole life to learn the elements of storytelling and to learn to write in a manner that pulls readers into my stories. After that, it took years to get published, because at the same time I was writing my first four novels, I had to learn the industry, such as what was required and who required it. I finally found a publisher who loved my books, and when the first two were released simultaneously, and a third six months later, I thought I stood poised for greatness. I was prepared to do what it would take to make a name for myself, but then, before that could ever happen, the gates of the book business burst open, and a horde of self-publishers surged into the arena. Not only did I have to compete with the established writers, I had to compete with millions of unknowns who were much better at marketing than I could ever hope to be.
Well, fate had other challenges in store for me. Five months after Second Wind Publishing released my third book, my life mate/soul mate/best friend/personal editor died, shattering me and my life beyond all recognition. One of the problems with losing the one person who connects you to the earth is that you no longer know who you are. For more than two years now, I've been tormented with the question of my place in the universe. With so many billions of people alive today, what is the point of being me?
I recently realized that the point of being me is simply to be me. I am the only me in the universe as far as I know, unique in a way only I can be. In the past few months, I have learned to trust in my life's journey. I am trying to believe I am where I am supposed to be, being who I am supposed to be.
I now have five books released — the final novel my life mate helped me edit, and a journal of my grief — and I still have not reached the readership I'd hoped to find. I've been feeling as if I were adrift in an ocean of books, and I haven't been able to find a reason to continue writing fiction. The books that apparently appeal to book buyers seem to have been written to capitalize on a trend — vampires, zombies, eroticism, bondage, symbols, serial killers — and my books are completely different from any of those. With so many millions of people publishing today, what is the point of my being one more unbestselling author?
If you've been reading my recent articles, you know how much this question about the meaning of writing has plagued me, and yesterday I found the answer. The point of writing is the same as the point of living — to be me. No one else can write the books I write. No one else sees the world in the same way as I do. Even better, most people who read my books love them. Such an incredible thing — to have written a book that even one person truly loves, and there are many who love my books. Would it be nice to make a living by writing, to be a bestselling author? Yes, of course, but in truth, it's important for me to just write.
Now all I have to do is learn to trust in my journey as a writer. To believe I am where I am supposed to be. To write what only I can write. To be me.


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By David Eggert, Associated Press
LANSING (AP) – The Michigan Senate voted unanimously Thursday to create new sentencing rules for young killers, 16 months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.
The legislation sent to the House on 36-0 votes would apply only to future criminal cases, not retroactively to the state's 360 or so inmates who were under 18 when they committed crimes, mostly murder.
The high court's June 2012 decision – based on the Constitution's Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment – is silent on retroactivity, and courts across the country have been divided ever since on the issue. Retroactivity is especially relevant in Michigan, home to second-highest number of juvenile lifers in the U.S.
"The bill in front of you will bring us into compliance with the Supreme Court ruling. It does not go retroactive because they did not address that," said Sen. Rick Jones, a Grand Ledge Republican who helped block a Democratic amendment that would have applied the new sentencing scheme to those already behind bars.
Juveniles can still be sentenced to life without parole after the court's decision. The sentence just cannot be mandatory on judges, who also must consider factors such as defendants' immaturity, rehabilitation chances, family and home environment, peer pressures and inability as youths to navigate possible plea deals.
If Michigan juveniles commit first-degree murder or other serious crimes causing death and do not receive life without parole, judges would have to sentence them to a minimum of at least 25 years and a maximum of at least 60 years under the bills.
Critics say it makes no sense that some mandatory life sentences are unconstitutional and others are not. They're hoping the Republican-led House approves legislation to give juvenile lifers a shot at parole.
"A minor who commits a crime surely has to be punished, but their culpability is different," said Shelli Weisberg, lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. "At the very least as a society, we should look at them again and help them rehabilitate if at all possible and become contributing members."
Sen. Bert Johnson, a Detroit Democrat, estimated that 150 prisoners serving life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles were accomplices, not the actual killers.
In January, a federal judge in Ann Arbor declared that the U.S. high court ruling applies retroactively in Michigan. The decision conflicted with a decision last fall by the state appeals court, which said most people already behind bars would not benefit.
Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette has urged lawmakers to back off from the retroactivity issue until the U.S. Supreme Court considers it, which he estimates could take two or three years. He says applying the decision retroactively would traumatize victims' families.
"The integrity of our justice system demands crime victims and their families come first, and this legislation reflects that commitment," Schuette said in a written statement.
Meanwhile, an attorney representing inmates expressed frustration with the state's lack of action since U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara strongly reiterated in August that certain prisoners serving no-parole sentences now deserve parole consideration. Deborah LaBelle said the Corrections Department so far has refused to offer programs that might help inmates prepare for life outside prison.
"MDOC staff have informed plaintiffs … that they are `not entitled to any parole' and will be in `prison until they die,"' LaBelle said in a letter this week to O'Meara.
LaBelle asked the judge to schedule a court hearing to explore the issue.
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My main project is building a liquid fuelled rocket engine. You can read about this on my blog, British Reaction Research.
Hi Carl and welcome. I too struggle with the photo sizes.Ian
Hi Carl, Paul Kelly is a guy you might want to speak too, he's into rocketry.
I'm building a rocket engine. It is a liquid fuelled engine using isopropyl alcohol as the fuel and nitrous oxide as the oxidiser.
I don't fully understand though. Why would I not get enough flow?
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After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the different types of taxes that you may owe, when to pay them, and how to set aside enough money to pay them. Track expenses and keep good records so you do not overpay.
- Develop a saving strategy based on your goals. Prioritize how much to put into savings and the appropriate type of account for your savings based on your goals.
- Estimate how much you will need to invest to be financial independent at a given age and income. Compute how much you will need to invest to reach you goal. Summarize the types of accounts that you can use for long-term investments and in which circumstances each is appropriate.
- Prepare for irregular cash inflow, and develop tools that will allow you to maintain a consistent standard of living despite irregular cash inflows.
- Identify the basic estate planning documents and their purposes.
- Discern the differences between financial advisors and prepare questions to ask to interview advisors.
- Define the different types of insurance and explain the circumstances where they may or may not be appropriate.
- Prepare questions to ask yourself before you take on new debt (especially student loan debt). Develop tools to analyze the tradeoffs that come with debt.
- Illustrate the costs that come with children, and develop a checklist of questions to help you prepare financially for children.
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a house/condo/live work space vs. renting. Analyze the financial aspects of a real estate purchase.
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The Filibuster
Both the Phillies and the Yankees went down in the first round. If you had to blame it on one player from each team and then have those two fight it out in the Thunderdome, which two men enter and which one leaves?
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Ah-ha! I see what you did there, Devin. Now do I really look like someone who would throw a guy under the bus and blame him for his entire team's defeat?
Don't answer that.
Yes, the Yanks and Phils missed the LCS boats this year. And yes, they each featured some disappointing performances; but in both cases, the epic failage cannot be pinned to just one guy. The Yankees went in with questionable starting pitching and the Phillies entered as the feast or famine team, the results of which were both early exits. To pin the burden of failure on just one person isn't fair and it isn't right.
But Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Howard do make beautiful scapegoats.
Meanwhile, you want me to throw these two guys into a Thunderdome and see who comes out alive. HA! Can you imagine the inherent lameocity of a fight between a pinstriped cover-mag diva and a silent slugger who tore his Achilles on his way to being the final out of the NLDS? Puhhhhhhh-lease.
Baseball hasn't been able to produce a good basebrawl since 1993's Ventura v. Ryan main event and even THAT was a lopsided affair. Yes, we have been teased over the years. Morgan v. Volstad had potential. So did Lee v. Young. And even more recently, Gregg v. Ortiz.
But the one thing those latter three matchups all have in common is that, ultimately, THEY WERE LAME. And when it's been nothing but Lame City in reality, it's really hard for me to imagine an A-Rod v. Ryan scenario that would not be equally as lame.
Enter YouTube.
And make sure you stick around to the end to see Mickey Hatcher walk off the field with a bloodied face. Now THAT'S some Thunderdome s**t.
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FARMINGTON The San Juan Basin could be headed toward a renaissance in natural-gas and oil drilling if rosy expectations touted by industry officials at Mondays San Juan Basin Energy Conference hold true.
In the southern part of the basin, the Mancos play has the potential to revitalize declining San Juan Basin oil production and also has a tremendous amount of future gas production in the northern part of the basin, said Ron Broadhead, a principal petroleum geologist with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
The conference, which drew about 500 attendees from across the nation to San Juan College, was the first to have a dedicated focus on the Mancos Shale, which stretches across the northwestern part of New Mexico and into southwestern Colorado.
After years of declining production in the San Juan Basin, companies are eyeing the shale play for both natural-gas and oil potential because of advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies that have helped operators unlock shale gas and oil across the nation.
Its reasonable that the Mancos Shale could be a really, really good shale play in the San Juan Basin, said Darryl Williams, the vice president of subsurface for BP North America Gas Exploration and Production Co.
Other presenters were more direct.
Im bullish on the Mancos, weve already seen a number of wells drilled that are economic, said T. Greg Merrion, president of Merrion Oil and Gas. Im looking forward to this next boom.
With natural-gas prices hanging around $4 per thousand cubic feet, many conference speakers focused on the oil-producing window of the shale play located in the southern San Juan Basin.
The play has been estimated to contain up to 60 billion barrels of oil, about 10 percent of which is expected to be recoverable, according to estimates by Encana and Daniel Fine, a senior energy analyst with the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy.
The possibility of a resurgence had some speakers proclaiming the beginning of a new era of economic prosperity for northwest New Mexico.
These are happy times again, former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici said.
If drilling does rev up in the area, La Plata County likely would see some spillover benefits.
Some New Mexico energy companies lodge prospective employees in Durango to show off the city as a regional amenity and a growing number of New Mexicans fly out of Durango-La Plata County Airport both activities would likely increase with more natural-gas and oil activity, said Roger Zalneraitis, director of the La Plata Economic Development Alliance. A decade-long increase in commuters between Durango and Farmington also shows more people work in one place and live in the other.
Our economies are more closely tied than people think, Zalneraitis said.
Despite rosy predictions for Mancos Shale, production thus far from initial wells has been variable.
Of the 10 Encana wells drilled in 2012, theres some good stuff, some modest stuff and an area we havent really figured out yet, said Jeff Balmer, the asset manager of the San Juan Basin for Encana Corporation.
Other industry executives stressed that they are still in the initial exploration stages.
Its still the early days for this play, BPs Williams said.
The newness of the shale play poses difficulties for regulators, said William Hoppe a district geologist with New Mexicos Oil Conservation Division.
Because the basin varies so much geologically, its hard to create a single rule for it, Hoppe said.
With an eye toward the potential explosion of drilling, the Bureau of Land Management is undertaking new environmental-analysis projects and management plans related to future development, groundwater monitoring and air quality, BLM District Manager Dave Evans said.
Many gave a sense that the industry is breaking new ground with shale drilling in the area,
What we call unconventional now is rapidly becoming conventional, Broadhead said. This is a new day for the industry.


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October 15, 2012
Seattle, WA – October 15, 2012 – Attacking head on the issue of financial literacy improvement among Washington teens, Washington State Treasurer James L. McIntire was joined by Sounder FC Andrew Weber, Visa Inc. and, members of Jump$tart a non-profit financial education group today. They announced a statewide effort to improve the money management skills of high school and middle school students, using Financial Soccer. Financial Soccer is a free educational video game and classroom curriculum, developed by Visa Inc. and is a FIFA World Cup™ branded.
Today's event was held at Foster Senior High School and is part of an ongoing financial literacy initiative. State officials, sports athletes, and Visa Inc. have partnered together with schools around the county promoting and advocating the importance of financial education.
Financial Soccer is a free, educational video game that combines the world's most popular sport with a high-quality financial literacy curriculum to create an innovative approach for helping children and adults learn about personal finance.
"We need to help Washington's young people attack the financial responsibilities that come with adulthood, whether it is buying a car, living within a budget, avoiding too much debt or building credit," said Treasurer McIntire, "this game presents important financial concepts in a way that's fun. This is a valuable program and a great partnership between my office, Visa, and FIFA."
Students from Foster High school teamed up against each other and to play a game of Financial Soccer. It challenges the players to answer fast-paced, multiple-choice money management questions correctly to advance down the field for a chance to score a goal. Financial Soccer game features three difficulty levels – geared to children, teens and adults – and has companion lesson modules for classroom use. Players learn key concepts about saving, responsible spending, budgeting and the wise use of credit. Financial Soccer is part of Practical Money Skills for Life, Visa's free, award-winning, financial education program. You can play on line at http://www.watreasurer.financialsoccer.com or order copies of the game from the Treasurer's office.
"Preparing for your financial future is no different than preparing for a soccer game," said Andrew Weber, goalie for the Sounders FC. "You have to take the time to put together a winning plan and for money that includes knowing how to budget, save and invest it."
"For over a decade, Visa has been committed to promoting financial literacy and we are proud to assist Treasurer James McIntire in his efforts to strengthen financial education," said Jason Alderman, Senior Director of Global Financial Education, Visa Inc.
Financial Soccer comes on the heels of Visa's other financial literacy video game, Financial Football, which was developed with the NFL and NFL PLAYERS. Financial Football, which was re-invented earlier this month, has been distributed by 35 state governments, including Washington, to every public high school in those states.
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2014 was the year when cloud storage stopped being a novelty and became a useful tool for all computer owners. I have become more productive in the past year because of the ease of having all my data with me wherever I go.
At the beginning of the year, 5 to 10 gigabytes of online file storage space was standard and 100 gigabytes was something to brag about. Only the moderately wealthy could afford 100 gigabytes of online data storage on January 1, 2014.
Then, in March, Google cut the price of a terabyte (1000 gigabytes) on Google Drive to $10 a month. Microsoft soon responded by including a terabyte on OneDrive with every subscription to Office 365, even with the $70-a-year Personal subscriptions. Dropbox lowered its prices in August to $9.99 per month for one terabyte of storage space and even a bit cheaper if the account was paid in advance: $99.99 per year ($8.33 per month).
As if that was not cheap enough, late in the year Microsoft removed all storage limits from OneDrive and OneDrive for Business accounts for anyone with an Office 365 subscription. That's right, unlimited online storage space.
At the moment, the biggest hurdle to actually using all that storage is bandwidth. Even on a relatively fast connection in the United States, it can take weeks to upload a terabyte of data.
The availability of safe and secure online storage available at very low prices has changed the way I work forever. My personal backups are in Google Drive with additional copies backed up on Dropbox and on Amazon Glacier to make sure everything remains available in case Google Drive ever becomes unavailable for some reason. Yes, I have backups to my backups. I suggest you do something similar also.
I haven't given up local backups, of course, because old habits die hard. I also keep backups of every file that ever existed on my Macintosh systems by using Apple's TimeMachine backup software and external hard drives that plug into each Mac. That includes my laptop and the two iMac desktop systems I have at my two locations.
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I liked this challenge for many reasons. I haven't made tiramisu all from scratch before (as far as I know, most of the other Daring Bakers liked this challenge for the same reason.) It was quite a challenge, especially with all of the components.
I have made lady fingers and pastry cream before, but I haven't made them since school, so that was a good way to practice. Also, I have never made cheese before, so that was a fun experience to see the whipped cream thicken up to a smooth marscopne cheese in only 24 hours. I was worried (like the challenger) that I had not cooked the cream enough, but sure enough, once cooled, you could definitely tell it was going to be okay.
Overall, I think this challenge was easy because all of the ingredients were easily accessed and the components necessary were easy to make, but to make a plan and know what components have to be made in advance was a challenge that I never really thought that way while making a dessert before.
The February 2010 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home and Baking Obsession.


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FullMetalAlc - Sunday 11/07/2010, 17:53
I'm getting absolutely sick and fed up of ELO and I wanted to reach 1200 regulary but ALWAYS (repeat: ALWAYS) go off on a losing streak.
This happens EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. And I CANNOT EVEN REACH ANYWHERE NEAR 1200!!!!
(For those who say it's easy: NOT WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY FACE AND LOSE TO ELO EXPERTS!!!!!)
Absolutely fed up with 2 credits and now wanting to move on to 5 credits BUT IT IS NOW IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Is there any decks that's GUARENTEED to work and get me to the impossible, unachieveable target of 1200?!?!?
Force Majeure - Sunday 11/07/2010, 19:03
Colossus - Open Casket
As is in all card games may it be here in the internet or real life..
even the best deck in the world cannot make a player the best player in the world.
it's all in the player.
a bad deck in the hands of a good player can still win games.
a good player with a good deck will lead to good games.
a bad deck combined with a bad player and you know what happens.
a good deck in the hands of the inexperienced will also be put to waste.
what you need is more practice, more experience, and a deck that suits your play style..not a deck given to you by random players telling you this or that is a good deck and this or that will lead you to victory.
FullMetalAlc - Sunday 11/07/2010, 19:15
I've spent ages doing ELO and still makes NO DIFFERENCE whatsoever.
Not when I'm always up against expert players that know ELO inside out.
Jin Kisaragi - Sunday 11/07/2010, 19:30
Ok look I'm not the best elo player.
But I have 1312, the reason I do is because I picked a clan that I know how to use and I don't give up.
I go on losing streaks a lot sometimes, I drop below 1000 as well, but I get back up to 1300 because I'm using a clan that I know very well and I also try think two moves ahead.
You have to be willing to call bluff's in elo as some people like me will throw down their most powerful card in hand at 0 pillz because 5 out of 10 time you pill a lot to be me or you pill zero and take a hit. Even if its only 1 pill you put on a card do it as you have a chance of that powerhouse being a bluff and you just got in some easy damage with out over pilling.
Part of the problem may just be the cards you currently have so you may want to upgrade them to a clan you seem to have the most wins against good players.
FullMetalAlc - Sunday 11/07/2010, 19:35
@Jin Kisaragi
I'm still on a losing streak so bad it'll take up 3 of these posts.
Jin Kisaragi - Sunday 11/07/2010, 19:50
Yea st3f and I can make you some thing
FullMetalAlc - Sunday 11/07/2010, 19:58
First deck (using Bridget as Sledge is banned this week)
Second deck (Recommened by someone)
I currently have 48,481 clintz but saving them all for somthing (can't mention it I'm afraid).
Force Majeure - Sunday 11/07/2010, 20:00
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You said:
"I've spent ages doing ELO and still makes NO DIFFERENCE whatsoever."
You have 1 479 fights including 941 wins under your belt. They are not all from ELO. If around 70 battles in ELO for the week is already ages for you, I suggest you spent more "ages" to get better at it. As I said before, more practice, more experience. You won't get it inside a day even if you wanted to. Even if you get the best deck in the world in your hands it will never be a guarantee that you will do better. You need experience.
you said:
"Not when I'm always up against expert players that know ELO inside out."
Well what do you expect in ELO? You wanted to be up against inexperienced players with terrible decks? By stepping inside ELO you should be expecting to face a lot of competition there. That format is filled with players who are experienced at the game. You can't go there praying that you want to only go up against bad players with bad decks. You should always expect hard competition specially in that room. And actually, good competition is great for experience building because you will learn more and you will learn better through facing up with better players. Playing against newbies and the inexperienced who uses bad decks doesn't make one a better player.
This is my first week playing ELO and im at 1215(got it in one night of playing). However I'm used to dissecting the meta as I play an other card game professionally(Yu-gi-oh). Making specific card choices for you deck is crucial to playing against the 'strong decks of the week'. For example this week I was almost certain that SOA will be used quite a bit. So I decided to use piranas w/ eklore and a lethane as a 2* filler. Since Roots are a very defensive deck, I can use a heavily pill manipulation deck to swing the game into my favor.
As game mechanics go for UR in ELO, Bluffing is a key to winning, but from what I see from experience from any card game is knowing to save your resources and not 'over extend'.
Play Smart and Make Reads. Think of the plays ahead.


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Seekford remembers central Page County slaves
From the February 9, 1932 issue of the PN&C: Jacob R. Seekford's "Home of the Birds" column.
I have never written anything about the colored folks that were set free just after the war and Brother [Jacob H.] Coffman's letter [from January 1, 1932 – which was presented earlier in this blog] takes my mind back to that time. All the Koontzes had slaves and the late A.J. Shuler had slaves. After these slaves were set free, all of them hired to their masters and lived in the little log cabins where they lived during slavery times. There was old Dennis Finton, his wife and four children, Ambrose, John, Emma, and Maggie. Then there was old Aaron Washington and his wife, Sindie. I never knew any of the children, but Elder John Washington, who died at Luray, not many years ago belonged to Daniel Koontz and was set free when he was a little boy. Then there was old uncle Mat Ford, his wife Martha, and three children, Jake, Jim and Bub. Then there was Lewis Green, and his wife Fannie. They had no children. Then there was Dovel's Sill. She never married but raised a boy named Hiram. Then there was old Uncle Sam Lewis. He married Caroline Green. Sam had a large family of children, his girls were Emma, Little, Lottie, Jim, Hubert and Samuel who now lives with Lester Biedler on the Hawksbill. Then there was Mary Jackson. She was a Cyrus and married Thomas Jackson. There was Tuck, Emma, Mollie and Andrew, the Luray colored merchant, up at the Andrew Jackson school. Andrew's father never was a slave. I knew all of these people when I was a little boy. I have seen four or five of the old women that I have written about in the homes of the old masters when there was a wedding or big day, in the kitchen preparing the dinners, and believe me all of these old colored women were the finest cooks in the world. None of the white cooks could prepare a meal like these old colored women. Their husbands would be there to carry in wood and water and help the women in the kitchen. They would also bring their children and after the white folks had eaten then everything was turned over to the colored folks, and they would have a great feast.
The colored people all had good masters and they were treated just as well as if they were their own children. I never heard of any of these slaves being whipped and mistreated, and never heard of any of them being in need of anything. None of these people who were in bondage are now living. All that are living now were born after the war.
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re: lewis and fannie green. they did eventually have a daughter, my grandmother mary green. she had several kids, the last was my mother. history is beautiful!!!
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Is there someone who might help me with finding some information about Jacob R. Seekford?
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I'd like to know if Mary Cyrus Jackson was any kin to my family of Cyruses. My mom is a Cyrus, her father was John William Cyrus,II, his father was John William Cyrus,Ist-married to Kate or Katherine Williams. John the Ist father was Jacob and Patsy Cyrus, his parents were Jacob and Lucy Cyrus. Jacob Jr.'s brother was Isaac Cyrus.


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ATLANTA— Mike Dunleavy scored 22 points, Joakim Noah had 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls held off the Atlanta Hawks 107-103 on Tuesday night.
Carlos Boozer had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago, and Kirk Hinrich scored 14 points, including six free throws in the final 44 seconds. The Bulls have won six of seven.
Jeff Teague had 26 points but made two costly turnovers late in the game for the Hawks, who have lost nine of 10. Shelvin Mack had 17 points.
The Bulls led most of the second half but never pushed the advantage to double figures.
DeMarre Carroll's fast-break basket gave Atlanta a 100-99 lead, but Dunleavy answered with a layup. With 1:03 remaining, Carroll sank a 3-pointer to give Atlanta a 103-101 lead.
With 43.2 seconds remaining, officials reviewed and confirmed a questionable foul called on Carroll on Hinrich's 3-point attempt. Hinrich made the three free throws to put Chicago in front again.
Noah's steal from Teague got the ball back for the Bulls with 20 seconds remaining. Atlanta's Kyle Korver stole the inbounds pass, giving the Hawks a chance to take the lead, but Teague stepped out of bounds behind the basket. Hinrich then made two free throws.
Noah stripped Mike Scott of the ball on Atlanta's next possession, setting up another foul shot by Hinrich. Coach Mike Budenholzer and the Hawks argued that Noah fouled Scott.
Hawks All-Star forward Paul Millsap missed his second straight game with a right knee contusion and also will be held out on Thursday at Boston.
The Hawks also were without centers Pero Antic and Gustavo Ayon. Antic has missed 15 games due to a stress fracture in his right ankle and already has been ruled out for the Celtics game. Ayon missed his fourth straight game with a right shoulder injury.
Korver hit 3-pointers on Atlanta's first two possessions, extending his NBA record to 125 straight games with a 3.
Korver added a third trey a couple minutes later, and his strong start seemed to spark the Hawks, who jumped to a 26-12 lead.
Chicago closed the deficit with a 13-2 run in the final minutes of the opening period and start of the second quarter. The Bulls led 54-51 at halftime.
Mack sank a short jumper with about 2 seconds remaining in the third period. D.J. Augustin, who had 10 points, then banked in a half-court shot for Chicago, lifting the Bulls to an 80-75 lead heading to the final period.
Bulls guard Jimmy Butler missed his second straight game with bruised ribs. Rookie Tony Snell made the fill-in start.
Coach Tom Thibodeau said Butler felt better when he warmed up before the game but "is not quite there." Butler also missed the Bulls' 93-79 loss at Miami on Sunday.
NOTES: Glenn Frey of the Eagles, who played at Philips Arena on Monday night, had a second-row seat near midcourt. ... NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving had a front-row seat and tipped his cap when called out by the P.A. announcer and cheered by fans. ... Hawks C Dexter Pittman, signed to a 10-day contract from Austin of the NBA Development League on Saturday, did not score, missing two free throws. ... Korver had 16 points and Carroll had 13.


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The short answer is yes. The long answer is that Microsoft should still improve in many ways. I thought about this many times before writing this post, because I want to be constructive and I hope that my words will not be misunderstood.
My consideration start from the lack of a BI client. If Microsoft want BI for the masses, a low-cost end-user front-end should be available to navigate data contained in Olap cubes. Excel 2007 is a great product to achieve this goal, but its limit is that it is not "only" a BI client, it is a very big product with a lot of dependencies. This is the only explanation for the situation created by the Service Pack 2 of Analysis Services 2005. This SP breaks a function that worked well with Service Pack 1 and Excel 2007 (see the issue here, that has many votes and comments of other people in the same situation). Well, bugs happen and it is not too strange to me that a SP can break something. It would be better to catch these kind of issues during the beta process... however, it happens.
Real issues started when I tried to fix the bug.
This apparent little feature is blocking the upgrade to SP2 on many sites. Any cube that uses Time Intelligence Wizard does not expose a fully navigable cube to Excel 2007. Not to mention all other models built with techniques similar to those used by Time Intelligence Wizard (making use of calculated members on non-measure dimensions).
I completely understand the (technical) impact of changes on a product big and widely used like Excel 2007. At the same time, I completely understand the disappoint of one of my customers that don't have a premiere contract and receive a "it's by design" answer to their complaints (it has to be seen if the premiere customers will receive a different answer...).
I see an issue that is more about customer relationship than technical. If you publicize the "BI for the masses" and "democratize BI" mantras but then you split your customers between first and second class, are you still reliable?
A BI solution, today, must be supported by someone. It is not a "install, click, click, click and go" product, like Word or Excel itself. You need the design and implementation of ETL packages and cubes. These solution are built by Microsoft Partners or other System Integrators. They are the most important contributors to Microsoft success in BI, because without them you would have empty boxes without data. Imagine their feelings when they are unable to solve these issues. At this point there are more chances that partners will adopt products like Dundas Olap Services or Report Portal to deliver data to their customer (especially in the mid-market), for a lot of reasons (customer service, control of user actions and so on). However, I like the improvements made by Excel 2007 in the PivotTable feature - but they are a "little" feature of a big product, thus we are at risk of further design changes in the future just for a Service Pack (of another product)?
The other part of the story is (should be) well known. There are too many different ways to create a KPIs. There is ProClarity that will be included in Performance Point Server, removing the option to get a desktop product alternative to Excel 2007 (maybe I'm in error for this - correct me if you have better information). There is no more PivotTable Web Component included in Office 2007.
A customer who want to start a simple BI project with a tight budget will need to rely only on Excel 2007 and Reporting Services (or he will look at third-party tools). I hope a Small Business Edition of Performance Point Server will be available at the time the product will be released: this could be a good move to introduce the complete Microsoft BI pipeline even in companies who are new to BI and are probably small-medium sized: they will invest more only if they can see a ROI. If the entry level is too high, they see an higher risk to play the game and prefer to wait for other solutions. Today these companies still produces tons of Reporting Services (or Crystal Report) static reports, obtained querying the relational database (often the OLTP one).
My conclusion: Microsoft is technologically serious about BI. But Microsoft could have a better BI technology adoption today just with simple support, customer-care and licensing decisions.
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They thought he was crazy. More than a few didn't think he would go through with it. And no one could believe that he'd been buying lottery tickets all those years with the plan to give it all away if his numbers came up.
No, I'm not talking about Tom Crist, who on Monday announced to the world that his $40-million windfall playing Lotto Max would go to charity.
Mind you, over the past 48 hours just about everyone's been talking about the recently retired Calgary businessman, whose winning May ticket now makes his the biggest lottery payout our city has ever seen. Crist was already making good on his promise Tuesday, delivering a cheque for $1.2 million to the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The foundation collects donations for Calgary's Tom Baker Cancer Centre, where Crist's wife of 33 years, Jan, was treated before her death in early 2012.
While he was busy being Santa Claus, the 64-year-old's story was winding its way around the planet, with comments on news sites from India to the U.K. alternately praising his generosity, questioning his sanity and wondering why anyone would play the lottery without the intention to blow it on fancy cars and home theatres.
But the man I am talking about is Allen Large, an 84-year-old resident of Truro, N.S., who I caught up with on Tuesday, the same day as the 2-Mega Millions prize generates such a ticket buying frenzy; its $636-million pot bringing it within spitting distance of becoming the biggest U.S. lottery prize in history.
Large is one of only a handful of people on earth who have walked the path Crist has chosen.
"He isn't crazy at all," says Large, who in 2010 won more than $11 million playing Lotto 6/49. "We gave it all away, my dear, every last cent — and I'd do it all again in a heartbeat."
Large and his wife Violet may have played the lottery regularly, but they didn't gamble when it came to planning for their retirement.
"We managed to save about $2 million," says the man who held such jobs as policeman and truck driver. "The lottery was never part of our retirement plan."
Over the years, he says, he told friends and family about his plans to help out local hospitals, churches and fire stations — a promise he and Violet kept after gifting $100,000 each to 12 family members.
"That would make people laugh," he says of what ultimately amounted to 93 charitable donations. "You know what I think would have been crazy? To keep money we didn't need."
Three years later, Large, whose beloved wife died in 2011, has no regrets about giving away his millions.
"Some days, though, I do regret winning at all," he says, noting that morning he was awakened by a phone call from a woman in the Czech Republic asking him for $50,000. "That's when I try to think about all the good we were able to do with the money."
While tales of squandered lottery winnings regularly make the headlines, those given away are far less common. Large isn't the only one, though, to have taken this bold step.
Bob Erb also had no problem parting ways with staggeringly large sums of lottery money in the name of charity.
Erb, a resident of Terrace, B.C., won $25 million in a 2012 Lotto Max draw. He has since given away more than $8 million, helping everyone from families facing cancer to single moms needing a car, and the local community hall and homeless shelter.
"Sure, you sit around and daydream like everyone else about what you would do if you won," says the 61-year-old, who coincidentally was featured on CBC's The National on Monday, the same day Crist came forward with his surprising announcement.
"But then when you have all this money, you realize you don't need it all — and that you can do a heck of a lot of good for your community."
While he has treated himself to such luxuries as a new bathroom and a still-under-construction "man cave" housing $500,000 in classic cars, Erb plans to give out the maximum annual amount his money manager deems will help keep his bank balance healthy.
"The best advice I could give is to invest well — $40 million for charity could turn into $140 million," says Erb, who has also made a name for himself as an outspoken proponent for the legalization of marijuana. "But you'd have to be crazy not to get financial advice before you start giving it all away."
While some might still think it's indeed crazy to give away $40 million, one's thing for sure: there are at least two other Canadians who think Tom Crist has made the sanest of decisions: "It's good not to have to worry about money," says Bob Erb.
"And it feels so good to help out others."
For the recipients of his generosity, the feeling is mutual.
"We are honoured this individual is supporting Tom Baker Cancer Centre," Dr. Peter Craighhead, medical director of the centre, said Tuesday of Crist's surprise donation. "Cancer touches many families and private donations go a long way to providing compassionate care and driving our aggressive research efforts to find ways to prevent and treat cancer."


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History of Perkins Library
Hastings College has always had a library. In the beginning it was located in McCormick Hall, with George White being the first librarian. For the next nearly 30 years it had various homes until, in 1911, thanks to the generosity of Andrew Carnegie, a new library opened on the south end of campus. This library served the college until 1963 when Perkins Library opened. At that time, the Carnegie Library building received a face-lift and a new brick facade.
Perkins Library was a gift to the college by Edwin E. and Kitty Perkins. Neither Edwin nor Kitty Perkins attended Hastings College, but both had strong south-central Nebraska connections. Edwin is now best known as an entrepreneur and the inventor of Kool-Aid, but it is for their interest in education and the devotion to the welfare of college students that they should be remembered.
At the dedication of Perkins Library, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Hal Lainson, summed up the Perkins's contribution:
"This library has been given to the students of Hastings College by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Perkins. By devotion to hard work, personal integrity and commitment to the Christian philosophy of life, they amassed a great fortune. Believing as they did in the native worth of the young people in this area, they have given this library and its equipment in order that Hastings College students may be well prepared for lives of service and distinction."
Hastings College continues to produce graduates of distinction who will be of service to their communities. We in Perkins Library hope that the Perkins' gift will continue to contribute to this goal.
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Maeve McGrail couldn't leave her home for more than a week last month. She spent most of that time dragging herself between her bed and the bathroom.
"It was horrible," said the Oak Hill resident. "I was so nauseous and I couldn't keep any food down. Plus I had to quarantine myself so that I wouldn't get anybody else sick."
McGrail had the stomach flu, an illness medical experts say comes from a virus that causes swelling or inflammation in the stomach and intestines. The good news is that while it is highly contagious and causes severe discomfort, it is generally not serious.
"The best way to prevent the stomach flu is by washing your hands, especially after using the restroom."
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Dr. John Symington, an internist and infectious disease specialist at Inova Hospital, says the most common type of stomach flu for adults is Norovirus, while Rotavirus is most often seen in children.
"The viruses are transmitted by fecal and oral contact," said Symington. "People don't always wash their hands or wash them thoroughly, and then they bring their hands to their mouths."
When the virus is contracted, the symptoms are often distinct "It comes on very suddenly with diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, maybe a fever and body aches," said Kathleen Dickman, who holds a doctorate in nursing and is an assistant professor of nursing at George Mason University in Fairfax, as well as a clinical practitioner at the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic in Herndon.
Dickman says the stomach flu is highly contagious. "When these symptoms occur, a child or person should stay at home. Classes and day cares have been known to close down because it can be epidemic."
Experts say soap and water are the strongest defense against the illness. "The best way to prevent the stomach flu is by washing your hands, especially after using the restroom," said Dr. Jean Glossa, medical director for Molina Healthcare and the Community Health Care Network of Fairfax County. "Most viruses and bacteria are passed from one person to another by unwashed hands. Also, it's important to handle food properly."
IF ONE CONTRACTS the stomach flu, what is the best course of treatment? "If a child is vomiting, then you really want the child to rest their stomach," said Dickman. "Just taking small sips of clear liquids like popsicles, Jell-O and Pedialyte until the stomach begins to settle." Dickson also recommends the BRAT Diet: "Bananas, rice, applesauce and toast are helpful if a child has diarrhea."
For adults, Symington adds, "Try to keep up with fluids that have salt and sugar in them. Chicken soup is a classic. It has protein and is something that many people can keep down. Sleep is an important factor in people getting better."
How does one know if what they perceive as stomach flu is actually something more serious? "The bottom line is that when the amount of nausea vomiting and diarrhea leads to light-headedness, you need to go the emergency room," said Symington. "You know that you're not able to keep up with your fluids."